The start of a new year means I try to learn from those who are ahead of me. It's always a good time to pick up lessons learned from those folks who've weathered the storm. Take five minutes to read the article, their insights are powerful. Here are a few lessons from that article: “Other studies have found that people with negative perceptions of aging had greater memory loss and higher rates of heart disease. Of course, it may be that people in better health simply have brighter views of aging.”“I would say, that I am applying the ‘butterfly wing’ theory to my everyday life,” he wrote. “It’s a kind of moral dictum, moral responsibility to keep in mind that whatever I do this second affects what the next second will be. So I try not to do anything negative, which is my best insurance that the world will be better next second, or at least not worse. But of course, my positive action may be undermined by 100 negative actions of others and so it may mean nothing. But I still have to follow that dictum. You can call it optimism.” Read the full article here.